http://www.mail.com/people/121496-michael-madigan.html Mail.com - the best personalized free web-based Email en en http://sec-s.uicdn.com/mail.com/2.29/img/mailcom_logo_rss.png http://www.mail.com/people/121496-michael-madigan.html http://www.mail.com/news/politics/2145250-daley-set-to-challenge-democratic-governor-ill.html CHICAGO (AP) — A rare intra-party battle began taking shape Tuesday among big-name Democrats in Illinois, as former White House chief of staff Bill Daley positioned himself to try to unseat a governor he blames for failing to resolve the state's financial crisis and other pressing issues. Daley, an adviser to two presidents who hails from Chicago's most f... Wed, 12 Jun 2013 01:07:09 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/politics/2145250-daley-set-to-challenge-democratic-governor-ill.html 2013-06-12T01:07:09Z http://www.mail.com/business/finance/2122904-path-to-illinois-pension-reform-trickier.html SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) — Illinois Gov. Pat Quinn had claimed he was "put on earth" to solve the nation's worst pension crisis, but the goal eluded him once again as lawmakers adjourned their session without addressing the $100 billion burden on the state's struggling economy. On a marathon final day when several other key measures were approved, including... Sat, 01 Jun 2013 08:04:18 GMT http://www.mail.com/business/finance/2122904-path-to-illinois-pension-reform-trickier.html 2013-06-01T08:04:18Z http://www.mail.com/news/politics/2122708-ill-house-adjourns-without-vote-gay-marriage.html SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) — After months of fierce on-the-ground campaigning and a last-minute urging from President Barack Obama, a measure that would have made Illinois the 13th state to allow same-sex couples to marry fell short Friday when the sponsor failed to rally enough support to call it for a vote before the Legislature adjourned. The bill's sponso... Sat, 01 Jun 2013 03:52:22 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/politics/2122708-ill-house-adjourns-without-vote-gay-marriage.html 2013-06-01T03:52:22Z http://www.mail.com/news/politics/2088386-family-drama-adds-intrigue-to-ill-governors-race.html SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) — Politics has long been a family business in Illinois, a place where who you know — and who you're related to — matters more than most. But the family drama shaping up around the next governor's race adds a new layer of intrigue in a Capitol already grappling with huge financial problems. Though the election is a year away, the pos... Wed, 15 May 2013 21:40:31 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/politics/2088386-family-drama-adds-intrigue-to-ill-governors-race.html 2013-05-15T21:40:31Z http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1993130-gop-sen-kirk-announces-support-gay-marriage.html CHICAGO (AP) — GOP Sen. Mark Kirk of Illinois on Tuesday became the second sitting Republican senator to endorse gay marriage — a move that also could shift the political debate over legalizing gay marriage in Kirk's home state. Kirk, who has opposed a constitutional amendment banning gay marriage, said in a post on his blog that "same-sex couples should ... Tue, 02 Apr 2013 22:08:05 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1993130-gop-sen-kirk-announces-support-gay-marriage.html 2013-04-02T22:08:05Z http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1952464-ill-gov-wants-appeal-concealed-carry-ruling.html SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) — Gov. Pat Quinn said Wednesday that he wants the Illinois attorney general to appeal a federal court ruling that the state's last-in-the-nation concealed carry ban is unconstitutional, a move that would take it before the U.S. Supreme Court. But Attorney General Lisa Madigan said she prefers to wait and see whether lawmakers craft ... Thu, 14 Mar 2013 00:45:03 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1952464-ill-gov-wants-appeal-concealed-carry-ruling.html 2013-03-14T00:45:03Z http://www.mail.com/business/finance/1808770-day-lawmakers-ill-pension-fight.html SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) — New day. New lawmakers. Same old pension-reform dispute. Illinois legislators failed to deliver a solution Tuesday to a ballooning, $96 billion pension deficit. As a new General Assembly prepared to take the oath Wednesday, lawmakers said they would try again with fresh legislation and a larger Democratic majority, but there was n... Wed, 09 Jan 2013 15:04:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/business/finance/1808770-day-lawmakers-ill-pension-fight.html 2013-01-09T15:04:00Z http://www.mail.com/business/finance/1791984-illinois-dragging-feet-huge-pension-problem.html CHICAGO (AP) — Illinois, a state with a reputation for political wheeling and dealing, backroom handshakes and 11th-hour bargains, is dragging its feet on the one deal needed to solve its biggest crisis in a generation. Lawmakers will convene again the first week in January in hopes of fixing the nation's worst case of underfunding state employees' pensio... Sun, 30 Dec 2012 14:24:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/business/finance/1791984-illinois-dragging-feet-huge-pension-problem.html 2012-12-30T14:24:00Z